Head-rest



N O S p I B O R W B HEAD REST.

Patented. Dec. 13, 1887.

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EDWARD W. ROBINSON, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

HEAD- REST.

$PECIFICA'I'ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,704, dated December -13, 1887.

Application filed October 2, 1886. Serial No. 215,138. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD W. ROBINSON, of Portland, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Head-Rests; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a back view of my device when folded up. Fig. 2 is a front view of my device when in a position for use. Fig. 3 is a back view of my device when in position for use. Fig. 4 is a side view of my device when placed in position for use.

Same letters show like parts.

My invention relates to removable and portable headrests. It has particular reference to a head-rest for use on the backs of car-seats in railway-cars.

My device is formed of two pieces of wire or other metal bent into the forms and in the manner described.

v The part ,a is first benton the upright portion I). This is illustrated in Fig. 4. Then the loop 0 is formed by passing the lower portion of the part I) under the part c, or, rather,

the upright b at its lower end is first turned out to form the horizontal part d, then bent to form the part c of the loop 0, and then bent up so as to form the part c of the loop 0. This wire or metal is then bent so as to constitute the part f, which forms the part to go over the top of the back of the chair or seat. The back of the chair or seat is shown at G. The wire or metal is then further bent so as to extend down on the front of the seat or chair back, as illustrated at Fig. 2. This part I designate by h. The wire or metal is then further bent so that its end enters the socket i. The two parts or pieces of wire or metal are each bent as above described and the ends thereof enter the socket 43, as above specified. When entered therein, they can turn or swing in the said socket, so that-the two parts a can be moved toward each other and interlocked, as seen in Fig. 1. Across from the two parts a a (see Fig. 2) is stretched a band or rest for the head. The weight of the head resting on this band draws the two parts a a toward each other somewhat, and so makes the device clamp itself firmly to the seat-back. This is effected in this way: The loops seen in Fig. 3 press on the back side of the seat-back. The parts h t are on the front side of the seat-back. Now it will be seen that as the partsa a are drawn toward each other the socket z is pressed in upon the seat-back, "and thus clamps the seat-back moretightl y than when the parts a a are not thus drawn toward each other. Thus the head-rest is in a measure self-fastening to a seat-back.

Any other well-known method of forming thejoint or socket at t can be adopted.

It is also manifest that the described positions of the socket r; and theloops 0 can be reversed, if desired, without changing the character of the invention. I mean by this that the loops 0 may be on the front of the seatback, if desired, and the socketi on the back side. When the device is folded up, as illustrated in Fig. 1, it can be placed in a bag and conveniently carried about. When thus folded, itwill be seen that the parts a a are crossed and sprung in behind the upright portions 1), the two wires forming the two parts of the rest being first closed or turned toward each other by means of the socket i.

The uprights b can be made extensible by an ordinary extension-joint.

'What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

The head-rest herein described, composed of two wires or pieces of metal, each of which is bent or formed first into the curvedpart a a to receive the pillow, as described, having the upright part b so bent as to form the horizontal part d, then so formed as to constitute the two sides or parts 6 c of the loop 0 to extend vertically down the back of a seat-back, then bent horizontally, so as to form thepart j, which goes over the top of a seat-back, then bent so as to form the vertical part it to constitute the other portion of the clamp to fit upon the seat-back, and finally bent upwardly and vertically, so as to enter the socket t, in combination with the socket 1', into whichthe ends of said wires enter and turn, all substantially as hereiubefore set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my ownI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: EDWARD W. ROBINSON.

BENJAMIN SHAW, HENRY D. S. WOODBURY. 

